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After Niangua nurse had sex with student, school officials humiliated him, lawsuit claims

A lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court alleges that inappropriate behavior went on before and after the statutory rape in the parking lot.

The lawsuit, which was filed by the victim against Scheetz and the Niangua School District, says Scheetz began texting the victim when he was a 14-year-old eighth-grader.

The lawsuit says school officials failed to act even though Scheetz pulled the boy out of class daily and he had no obvious medical problems.

It wasn't until another student reported Scheetz's misconduct that school officials took action against the nurse, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit says after school officials took action, they were unfair to the boy.

The lawsuit says the boy was taken out of classes taught by female teachers, removed from Future Farmers of America because it was led by a female teacher and taken off the baseball team because he was not allowed to be on the field when there were females present.

The boy eventually transferred schools and then dropped out of high school "due to the humiliation," according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit claims school officials violated a federal law known as Title IX that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.

The plaintiff's attorney Brandon Potter said the school made a bad situation worse for his client with how it responded to Scheetz's actions.

"It is just a shame that it happened to him and it is even a further shame how he was treated after the fact," Potter said. "The reaction that the school took was inappropriate."

A message left Tuesday with Niangua schools was not immediately returned.